Cerberilla longibranchus

Cerberilla longibranchus is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.[2]

Cerberilla longibranchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Aeolidioidea
Family:
Aeolidiidae
Genus:
Cerberilla
Species:
C. longibranchus
Binomial name
Cerberilla longibranchus
(Volodchenko, 1941)[1]

Distribution

This species was described from the Russian Pacific Ocean. It has also been reported from Japan.[3]

Description

All Cerberilla species have a broad foot and the cerata are long and numerous, arranged in transverse rows across the body. This species is predominantly brown and the cerata are brown becoming almost black at the tips.[3]

Ecology

Species of Cerberilla live on and in sandy substrates where they burrow beneath the surface and feed on burrowing sea anemones.

References
  1. Volodchenko, N. I. (1941). New nudibranchiate molluscs from seas of the far-east of the U.S.S.R. Investigations of the far eastern seas of the U.S.S.R. 1:53-72, pls. 1-4. [Issledovani Dal'nevostochnykh Morei S.S.S.R.].
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Cerberilla longibranchus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-12
  3. Baba, K. (1976). The genus Cerberilla of Japan (Nudibranchia: Eolidoidea: Aeolidiidae), with the description of a new species. The Veliger, 18(3):272-280. p. 275.
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